Antigone - 2000 Years Later at the Little Roman Theatre

Tuesday, 21.07.2026. 21:00. h

Theatre Ulysses and MESS perform Antigone - 2000 Years Later at the Little Roman Theatre in Pula.

Antigone - 2000 Years Later is part of the Theatre Ulysses season, produced in cooperation with MESS. The production is based on Sophocles’ tragedy and directed by Lenka Udovički.

Antigone Between Law and Conscience

Sophocles’ Antigone is built on a conflict that has not lost its force: Creon forbids the burial of Polynices in the name of authority and state order, while Antigone resists because family duty, the dignity of the dead and personal conscience carry greater weight for her than a political ban. The title Antigone - 2000 Years Later therefore does more than mark the age of the text. It brings the tragedy into a contemporary question of responsibility: what does a person do when the law demands silence, when a community accepts violence as order and when one voice remains alone before a decision. In the production by Theatre Ulysses and MESS, the central point is this collision between a classical text and the moral pressure of the present. Lenka Udovički’s direction does not need a decorative image of antiquity; the sharper material is power, refusal and the price of a decision that cannot be postponed.

Performance at the Little Roman Theatre

The performance takes place at the Little Roman Theatre in Pula, Herculov prolaz 1. This Pula date does not include a boat transfer to Brijuni; visitors go directly to the theatre, while tickets and seat availability are checked through Theatre Ulysses sales.

Accommodation in Bale

For Antigone - 2000 Years Later at the Little Roman Theatre, Bale is a calm base for an evening in Pula: the theatre is about 22 kilometres away, roughly 26 minutes by car. See the offer here: accommodation in Bale.